The Arthur Ashe Scholar Award honors student athletes of color for excellence in athletics, academics and community service.
Florida's Jenny Rowland has been named the National Coach of the Year by the WCGA. OU's Lou Ball and Tom Haley were named Assistant Coaches of the Year.
Link: UF Release
Long Island University has added a gymnastics program and it has named Randy Lane to the head coach position.
The NCAA is considering legislation that would reduce the number of sports schools need to sponsor to qualify for Division I status. This would enable schools to further cut collegiate sports, in particular non-revenue Olympic sports. The Intercollegiate Coach Association Coalition has started a petition. Please consider signing it today.
According to the coalition: "If the NCAA grants a waiver allowing for a reduction of the number of sports sponsorships for Division 1 qualification it would be a devastating, permanent blow to college athletes and forever alter the fabric of university life."
Link: Save College Sports Site
Link: Charge.org Petition
OU's Maggie Nichols was named the winner of the AAI Award. She's the first Sooner to win the award, which is given to the most outstanding senior gymnast (W). The other finalists were LSU's Kennedi Edney, NU's Taylor Houchin, DU's Maddie Karr, UK's Mollie Korth and UCLA's Kyla Ross.
Link: OU Release
MSU has signed Giana Kalefe for 2020-2021, according to a team tweet. Kalefe is a L10 from Wildfire. In 2019, she placed 44th AA at the Junior Olympic Nationals. She wasw also 10th AA at Regionals in 2018.
Link: Official Site
The most prestigious honor in men's gymnastics goes to Stephen Nedoroscik. The award is given the top senior male gymnast each year. He's the first specialist to be ever honored.
UCLA's Kyla Ross was named the Honda Award winner for Gymnastics. Normally the winners of the award from each sport would go on to compete for the Honda Cup, but the award will not be given this year. The other finalists were Maggie Nichols of OU, Lexy Ramler of Minnesota and Trinity Thomas of Florida.
Link: UCLA Release
Dula dealt with injuries this past season due to a back injury. She has announced her decision to retire.
The finalist are Maggie Nichols of OU, Lexy Ramler of Minnesota, Kyla Ross of UCLA and Florida's Trinity Thomas.
Link: OU Release
The Toyko Olympics have been postponed until 2021. The implications to the FIG, the exact timing, and the resulting impact to NCAA athletes with Olympic aspirations are not yet known. A number of athletes in the incoming class of 2020-2021 may be impacted.
Link: FIG Statement
Link: IOC Statement
After 19 years, John Ceralde has resigned his coaching position at Penn.
It's not the way any of us wanted this to end, but the season has come to a close. A hearty Thank You and best wishes in the future to all of the seniors. We're sad that we'll be unable to conclude this season as intended, and to celebrate your careers.
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